The grades were incredibly lower than any of us would have imagined. It was so low...it's like meeting up with your blind date to find out your date was 4 feet tall. Where the hell's the rest of my date? Or in this case...
Anxiety build faster than a slow metabolism boy packing on lbs. Fortunately, I passed, with a slightly above average score which is...good. Sure it can be higher, but I'm content. On the positive note, there's a curve. Like all good things, it always comes with a sacrifice. In this case, it was our individuality, you can't always get or say what you want. In my mind, we were given a higher grade to be subjected as lab rats. We were put into an environment without structure, without our "leader", to sort of see how we would react in a decision making circumstance. We had 1 hour to get the whole class to agree on one solution for our dissatisfying test grades.
I wasn't completely shocked as to who stepped forward to in a way took control of the class. Several came up to the class, some held their own, some just sort of dissipated. It was incredibly annoying that they constantly kept shouting anything that one person shouts out. It also got incredibly annoying that they kept repeating over and over again the same thing, and that people kept asking over and over the same question. It was so loud and redundant, they were like college students taking form of monsters and dinosaurs just ripping out bridges and tearing down buildings. If one of them could breathe fire, I'm pretty sure we'd have Grilled Kurpis Tenderloin with some classmate skewers on the side.
Conflict Solutions
Compete to Win
Avoidance Guilty
Conflict Solutions
Compete to Win
Avoidance Guilty
Compromise Guilty
Accomodation Guilty
Collaborating
Collaborating
It was a default, it was a go to position. I commend the ones who were able to stand up and fight for the curve, I commend the one who spoke their mind, and I also commend the ones who I held onto their own beliefs. However, there was no way in hell, that I would walk up there and persuade a class of 30+. I didn't feel like my opinion mattered much, at the same time, I didn't know the possibilities or the extent of leniency the professor was willing to give in this curve. Which apparently is more than I can ask for. I remember specifically that Mandus and I were talking about this is rather irrational of us to take control and just to satisfy our own selfish needs. I scored a slightly above average score, but with the curve and extra credit, I can possibly receive the same grade as someone who had scored a 90 before the curve. I don't think it's necessarily fair to them that the lower scores were able to bump up to same platform as the higher grades without the need to put out. (JOKING)
Lastly, the peer pressure was completely uncalled for. Was it really necessary to surround a fellow classmate as if you're about to burn him at the stake for being a witch? It was extremely chaotic, the environment was awkward and uncomfortable. Was there a better way? We pretty much did everything we were supposed to, split into groups, encourage, and etc. I think the thing we can work on would be the hostility that was in the air, better social skills, maybe take a chill pill.
Anyway, the verdict was a curve and an extra credit value of 7 points.
